The Family Rorschach: A New Method for Studying Family Interaction

Communication in Lower Class Families of Schizophrenics

“…Motivation.-On the motivation scale, mean scores were as follows: NS, 3.82; WS, 4.18; and NC, 4.27. The differences were not significant, indicating that the three groups were motivated about equally.…”

Family measurement techniques: The family apperception test: A review

“…Although the Rorschach and the Thematic Apperception Test were developed for use with individuals, these projective tests have also been employed to gather information about family functioning and dynamics (Goldstein et al, 1970;Kadushin et al, 1971;Levy & Epstein, 1964;Loveland et al, 1963;Sohler et al, 1956;Winter & Ferreira, 1970;Winter et al, 1965Winter et al, , 1966. More recently, family clinicians have developed a number of projective procedures designed specifically for use with family systems, for example, The Marbles Test (Usandivaras et al, 1967) and Kinetic Family Drawings (Burns & Kaufman, 1970), and a variety of spatially focused, symbolic figure placement procedures have been developed to assess family cohesion.…”

Multiple impact therapy : evaluation and design for future study

“…Thus, researchers and clinicians began to structure the observational situation more, using a structured interview in which families were asked the same questions in the same manner (Jackson, 1963;Olson, 1968;Riskin, 1964;Riskin & Faunce, 1970;Sojit, 1969), using a family task in which members were given a verbal task (Elbert, Rosman, Minuchin, & Guerney, 1964;Goodrich & Boomer, 1963;Loveland, Wynne, & Singer, 1963) or a largely nonverbal task, such as playing (Moustakas, Sigel, & Schalock, 1956;Schulman, Shoemaker, & Moelis, 1962), or using a combination of these methods (Addario & Rodgers, 1974;Drechsler & Shapiro, 1963;Ferreira, Winter, & Poindexter, 1966).…”

“…Loveland et al (1963) used Rorschach cards for this purpose, while Ferreira et al (1966) used Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) cards in addition to a family questionnaire. Elbert et al (1964) also used a projective technique, the Family Interactio~ Apperception Test, but asked members to respond to it individually, while assessing patterns of family interaction by observing the family discussing and answering six questions.…”